Improvement in camp-kettles



crans AVERY, on ASHTAULA, oH'I'o.

IMPROVEMENT IN cAMP-KETTLES.

Specificatie-n forniinghpart of Letters Patent No. 2125i?, dated May 3, 1864.

u To` all/whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that Lothians AVERY, of Ashtabula, in thecounty of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Frying-Pan and Kettle forUamp Service; and I Vdo hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description ot' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specieation, inwhichy Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is aside view.

Like letters refer to like parts. f

The nature of my invention relates to such a. construction of the frying-pan that the handle can be converted at pleasure into a bail, thus forming a kettle, the structure being also such that when not needed for use it can ience of carrying when not in use. Various culinary articlescan be stowed away in the pan-for example, tin plates, spoons, knife and fork, and various other things, and 'secured by the/handle being folded as in Fig. l-

Thc pan is constructed in the usual form and size, exccptit should be an inch deepersay in all three inches. The body of the pau is shown at A. in the several views. 'lhe handle is formed in two sections, B and C. The section B is-hinged to the bodyof the pan, as seenat D. lhe end of the handle eX- tends beyond the pin of the hinge D, as seen at E,about half an inch, and' is curved outward, as seen in the several views, for the pur.- pose hereinafter stated. The hinge is also vprovided with a projection F,a`gainst which the end of the handle impinges when itis opened or brought into the position shown in Fig. 2, and by passing the dead center is held firmly in "place, so that the handle .becomes rigid. 1f the end of the handle wears off by use, 'a single blow with ahannner will extend it by straightening the curved end.` The section C of xhe handle is hinged to the section B at G near the outer end and upon the inner or upper side. When folded down up'on section B, as seen in Fig. 2, the free end hooks around thejoint of the hingeD. The length of each section about equals the diameter of the pan. The free. end of section B is turned over in the fo'im of a hook, ll, and upon tlie side of the pan opposite the hinge D is a catch, I, which serves the double purpose of holding down the handle, as seen in Fig. l, and ot'4 hooking iutothe'free 'end ot' section G, as seen at K in Fig. 3, Vto form the bail when it is desirable to use the pan for a kettle. A cha-in lmay be used instead of section U. 'lhe section C may be extended, as seen and in dicated by the dotted lines L in Fig. 2,'thus making the handle longer.

. The various modes of use are so obvious that a particular description is unnecessary.

What l claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The herein -descrbed combined pan and kettle when the several parts are constructed, arrange'd, and operating as and forthe purpose herein specified.

Y CYRUS AVERY.

Witnesses:

J. BRAINERD, A. W. M'CGLELLAND. 

